§ 310-B:12-h — Appraisal Management Company Appraiser Credentials

I. An appraisal management company that applies to the office for a registration to do business in this state as an appraisal management company shall not:
(a) Knowingly employ any individual to perform appraisal services, who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser in this state or in any other state, refused, denied, cancelled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked, unless such license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated;
(b) Knowingly enter into any independent contractor arrangement for the performance of appraisal services, in verbal, written, or other form, with any individual who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser in this state or in any other state, refused, denied, cancelled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked, unless such license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated.
II. Prior to assigning appraisal orders, an appraisal management company shall have a system in place to verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel holds the appropriate appraiser credential in good standing.
III. Each appraisal management company seeking to be registered in this state shall certify to the office on an annual basis on a form prescribed by the office that the appraisal management company has systems in place to verify that:
(a) An individual on the appraiser panel has not had a license or certification as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of a pending revocation in the previous 12 months, unless such license or certificate was subsequently granted or reinstated; and
(b) Only licensed or certified appraisers are used to complete appraisal assignments in connection with federally related transactions.

Legislative History

2012, 164:7, eff. Aug. 6, 2012. 2023, 79:330, 331, eff. Sept. 1, 2023.